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SEP-OCT 2016

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the network needs to enable tactical formations. For example, the
network must enable formation and platform agility but fitting with
size, weight, and power constraints. Network components must also
have equivalent tactical mobility to the formation it enables. There
are also special areas of interest such as air ground operations, cyber
electromagnetic activities, and operations in disrupted, intermittent,
and limited conditions.
"The Mission Command Network is our means to create synergy
between the institution of the Army and deployed forces," said LTG
Robert B. Brown, CG, Combined Arms Center, now GEN Brown, CG,
U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC). "This narrative offers the commander's
perspective on how the Mission Command Network will enable our
Army to prepare, educate, train, and fight."
Present Focal Development
Currently the document is serving as the vision for the Army's
Mission Command Network Modernization strategy. This strategy
has six endstates which seek to attain the key ideas and capabilities
outlined. These endstates are focused to (1) integrate the network
across formations, (2) leverage common standards and technologies,
(3) simplify and protect the network, (4) attain interoperability with
mission partners, (5) create agile, expeditionary command posts,
and (6) develop an enterprise network that enables expeditionary
mission command, training, and readiness. Each endstate consists
of objectives over time that move the Army toward the desired
capabilities.
The second use of the vision document is to align the body
of requirements documents that the Army staff and TRADOC are
writing. The Integrated Planning Team mentioned earlier is currently
ensuring that there is an appropriate set of requirements documents
in development for each key component of the Mission Command
Network. For example, there is a family of requirements documents
in development that will provide the "common user experience"
articulated in the narrative.
More info: http://usacac.army.mil/node/1105
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